Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about HIV/AIDS of Sudanese and Bantu Somali immigrant women living in Omaha, Nebraska - Open Journal of Preventive Medicine

OJPM > Vol.3 No.1, February 2013

Volume 3, Issue 1 (February 2013)

ISSN Print: 2162-2477 ISSN Online: 2162-2485

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Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about HIV/AIDS of Sudanese and Bantu Somali immigrant women living in Omaha, Nebraska ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2013.31011 6,059 Downloads 10,788 Views Citations

Author(s)

Shingairai Feresu, Lynette Smith

Affiliation(s)

Department of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University, School of Public Health, Bloomington, USA.

ABSTRACT

A needs assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, practices, and beliefs about HIV/AIDS prevention was conducted among 100 Sudanese and Bantu Somali women immigrants aged 19 years and older, recruited through a community organization between April and July 2006. Information was collected by interview using interpreters to administer a 60-item test and a 116-item questionnaire that had been translated into Nuer and Arabic. Women in this study had low levels of education, poor knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention and safer sex practices, and poor attitudes to HIV/AIDS. They believe that HIV/AIDS is a punishment from God, HIV-positive people should be separated from society, carrying a condom indicates having loose morals, women should not experience sexual pleasure, and men should decide when and how to have sexual intercourse. Education, gender, and cultural beliefs are critical in the spread of HIV. Efforts to educate immigrant and displaced populations, particularly women, are essential.

KEYWORDS

HIV Infection; HIV Transmission; HIV/AIDS Prevention; Condom Use; Safer Sex; Moral Beliefs about HIV/AIDS

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Feresu, S. and Smith, L. (2013) Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about HIV/AIDS of Sudanese and Bantu Somali immigrant women living in Omaha, Nebraska. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 3, 84-98. doi: 10.4236/ojpm.2013.31011.

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